Researchers designed a computer-based task for participants, embedding secret patterns into the activity—patterns that participants were neither informed about nor instructed to find. This approach ...

People’s political affiliation can be shown in their brain activity when they carry out mundane chores such as buying food, a new study shows. How the brain reacts to food purchasing decisions ...

The medium spiny neurons, which are the main long-range projection neurons in this brain region, showed signs of metabolic stress, with decreased activity in mitochondrial genes that control ...

The work, conducted in mice and funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, pinpoints the molecular roots of the phenomenon and shows how immune molecules called cytokines influence brain ...

Summary: Researchers have discovered that people’s political affiliation can be identified with nearly 80% accuracy based on brain activity while making routine decisions like buying milk and eggs.

Summary: A groundbreaking study has shown that as children age, excitatory brain activity decreases while inhibitory activity increases, helping shape healthy brain development. Using a wearable ...

Scientists have discovered that exposure to high ambient temperatures affects brain functioning in preadolescents, potentially explaining why heat waves correlate with increased mental health ...

Given that IL-17E is made by neurons themselves and capable of directly altering their activity, the researchers said, it may function as a neuromodulator, similar to two other brain chemicals ...

A brain–computer interface (BCI) serves as a direct communication channel between brain activity and external devices, typically a computer or robotic limb. The prototype of BCI can be traced back to ...

Here, we report a novel biomarker in the form of a large amplitude, evoked potential, with a characteristic oscillatory decay, termed evoked resonant neural activity (ERNA). 1 Methods LFPs and ERNA ...

Here’s how reading books can change your brain — and your body — for the better. Reading involves activity in several parts of the brain, and over time, it may change your brain structure.